The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2080
Waning Gibbous
78.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 PM
12:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1951
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 3, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.4° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.79° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.03° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.